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Newcastle Herald letters to the editor, Wednesday August 12, 2020: 'My daughter's been bullied for wearing a mask to school'

By Letters to the Editor
Updated April 15 2021 - 12:11am, first published August 12 2020 - 6:00am
'My daughter's been bullied for wearing a mask to school'
'My daughter's been bullied for wearing a mask to school'

MY daughter goes to a Catholic high school in the Newcastle area and I have been contacting the principal regarding the need to strongly encourage students to wear a mask due to the inability for kids to socially distance. According to my daughter they have packed hallways every day and bullying from other students when she has worn a mask. The principal of her school says "they are not discouraging masks, but will only go by the health advice".

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